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1: Jazz Alley, RE: George Coleman (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2024-04-06, 12:00:38 (69.180.34.169)
Had the good fortune to see George in a quintet with Eric Alexander (on tenor as well) and the late great Harold Mabern on piano at Dizzy's in NYC. Must have been @ 2015. They were stellar, naturally. .......
2: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is Spin Clean Worth It? (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2023-11-19, 10:03:58 (69.180.34.169)
Purchased the Spin Clean demoed in the related youtube video 2 years ago. For the 1st ~75 albums while following the directions to make 3 complete clockwise-counterclockwise turns through the solution .......
3: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Harvey Weinstein and wife ... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2017-10-25, 13:24:51 (24.30.38.38)
Mrs. Weinstein has her own fashion line that Harvey's actresses were also forced to wear on the red carpet and at the awards. Now she's filed for divorce and will likely get half his wealth, which wil .......
4: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: In shock. Greatest Roles: A Simple Plan and One False Move. (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2017-02-27, 15:32:56 (98.192.62.103)
"Complications from surgery" is smokescreen for medical incompetence or malpractice. .......
5: Films/DVD Asylum, New Hollywood Giving Old Guard The F*ck You (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2017-02-27, 15:27:59 (98.192.62.103)
nt .......
6: Films/DVD Asylum, Not Pirating (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2017-02-22, 14:40:27 (98.192.62.103)
That's just what the studio heads tell their shareholders to cover up why no one is buying tickets to see the endless reboots and lack of originality emanating from Hollywood these days. .......
7: Films/DVD Asylum, Favorite was as Stephen Ward in "Scandal" (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2017-01-28, 14:26:27 (98.192.62.103)
nt .......
8: Films/DVD Asylum, Only Oliver Stone... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2016-09-17, 07:30:22 (98.192.62.103)
...could do this subject justice. He's always been a rebel in a town full of phonies, grovelers and sycophants. He doesn't always hit the mark but he always attacks the conventional wisdom (Oswald kil .......
9: Films/DVD Asylum, Waiting for "Magnificent 7 Meet The 3 Stooges" (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2016-07-20, 14:22:14 (98.192.62.103)
nt .......
10: Vinyl Asylum, Appears so. (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2015-07-26, 07:47:43 (50.180.187.106)
Related thread. .......
11: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: 'Captain Phillips': Routine action-drama with a bit of gut wrenching . . . (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2013-10-13, 11:32:44 (174.49.72.114)
The Somalis stopping ships in their territorial waters do not call themselves pirates. They called themselves a coastal defense force and they were targeting ships engaged in dumping toxic waste in th .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, Danny Gatton belongs in that pantheon... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2013-09-07, 07:30:20 (24.126.133.18)
...although I don't know if any of his amazing work has been reissued on vinyl. .......
13: Films/DVD Asylum, Loved 'Shaun Of The Dead' And Glad... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2013-09-01, 07:14:41 (24.126.133.18)
...to see Pegg and Frost revisiting this territory. Not just a 'Shaun II' but they're older and unwiser. .......
14: Films/DVD Asylum, Hollywood's problem can be summed up... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2013-06-13, 14:44:11 (66.56.63.51)
...in 2 phrases: The Hangover III and Pirates of the Caribbean V. .......
15: Films/DVD Asylum, That mainstream 'news' has degenerated into (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-11-26, 06:15:47 (71.204.12.16)
tabloidism and celebrity gossip is not a revelation, even to an incurable inmate like yourself. :) .......
16: Films/DVD Asylum, Another distraction.... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-11-18, 16:04:43 (71.204.12.16)
....to keep the masses titillated and preoccupied while the police state ratchets up the repression and the looting by Wall St. continues unabated. .......
17: Films/DVD Asylum, Cancer treatment, not cure, is where the money's at (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-09-11, 07:25:33 (99.39.248.213)
nt .......
18: Vinyl Asylum, Ouch... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-07-24, 06:17:38 (99.39.251.150)
The zap that killed Les Harvey was so powerful he cartwheeled in the air and it welded his guitar to the mike stand. .......
19: Films/DVD Asylum, Yes, they're kidding. The site is a joke (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-06-27, 05:20:54 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
20: Films/DVD Asylum, No pity in Dafoe's character... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-05-27, 18:32:40 (99.39.251.150)
...nor any capacity to feel empathy for another human being. .......
21: Films/DVD Asylum, Willem Dafoe in 'To Live & Die In LA' (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-05-26, 16:18:10 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
22: Music Lane, Before Diana, before Benny... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-05-03, 18:14:46 (99.39.251.150)
...he was the guitarist in Harry Connick Jr's big band in the early nineties. Harry frequently gave Russell the spotlight to showcase his guitar-playing and singing abilities. "Black Butterfly" is ano .......
23: Vinyl Asylum, Don't Think It Will Survive On A Large Scale (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-04-25, 12:41:55 (99.39.251.150)
I'm afraid they will be viewed as museum pieces (like us -- I'm mid-50's). We Boomers grew up with the relative leisure to amass huge collections and delve deep into the aural complexities of analog r .......
24: Music Lane, RE: Got a beef with the R&R Hall Of Fame? (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-04-08, 17:22:57 (99.39.251.150)
I hope some day a HOF inductee might turn the tables, refuse to accept it and denounce the whole idea as a fossilization process, much as George C. Scott or Marlon Brando did with their Oscars. If it .......
25: Films/DVD Asylum, Yeah, big De Palma fan... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-03-02, 10:32:30 (99.39.251.150)
...including of Femme Fatale. Definitely one of De Palma's "on" pictures ("off" ones being Mission to Mars, Redacted, Bonfire of the Vanities, Black Dahlia). Always thought of him as style over substa .......
26: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Agree 100% (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-01-28, 07:31:35 (99.39.251.150)
Right, just a rhythm section, her guitar and that amazing voice. There's a bootleg of an '84 concert in Sweden (where she is apparently HUGE) where she has the same effect on the audience that the Liz .......
27: Vinyl Asylum, The horn section was overkill (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-01-27, 18:55:46 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
28: Vinyl Asylum, One site's solution... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-01-10, 13:28:23 (99.39.251.150)
I belong to a membergate site that made a similar discovery. Calls for more, er, ah, "distaff input" went pretty much ignored or unreturned, until the site owner installed a "For Women Only" section, .......
29: Films/DVD Asylum, 'Big Sleep' remake with Mitchum is a good one too (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-01-06, 13:38:39 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
30: Films/DVD Asylum, True Grit theatre experience... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2011-01-02, 15:21:41 (99.39.251.150)
We saw 'True Grit' over the new year's holiday as well (in one of those movie taverns with limited seating, countertops for food/drink and plenty of legroom), and while we came away wowed by the Coens .......
31: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: "London Blackout Murders:" go ahead, take a chance on this George (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2010-12-07, 18:09:04 (99.39.251.150)
If it bears comparison to 'Green For Danger' I'll be checking it out. Now to find a copy, it's an obscure one to say the least! .......
32: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: The Ghost Writer Redux . . . (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2010-08-14, 13:25:08 (99.39.251.150)
Well-made and a return to form for Polanski, but I remember thinking the same about the denouement: "Uh, that's what all this intrigue was about??" But the very end of the movie was an indelibly memor .......
33: Films/DVD Asylum, Whew - talk about hate, this thread has plenty! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2010-02-17, 16:02:59 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
34: Vinyl Asylum, 'Winter Moon' has always been a personal favorite. (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-09-30, 12:17:41 (99.39.251.150)
Just received the 'Live at the Village Vanguard' boxset as a gift in August. His widow Laurie is also issuing lots of never-before-heard gems over time on her own label, Widow's Taste. .......
35: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Some more Jazz LPs (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-09-21, 19:44:19 (99.39.251.150)
You have some real classics there, admire your taste! .......
36: Vinyl Asylum, That Yazoo LP has cover art by R. Crumb too!! (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-09-21, 19:41:52 (99.39.251.150)
nt .......
37: Films/DVD Asylum, Possible Way To Foil the Whalers (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-09-10, 16:09:26 (99.39.251.150)
My favorite talk radio head was discussing Greenpeace and whaling yesterday. He noted that whales and dolphins send very distinct sonar distress signals when they're being hunted and slaughtered (who .......
38: Vinyl Asylum, And McCartney also had a group before Wings! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-05-04, 08:56:22 (99.39.250.97)
nt .......
39: Vinyl Asylum, New recordings by Art. (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2009-01-24, 06:51:28 (65.13.5.120)
For hardcore fans (like Art himself, what other kind is there?), his widow Laurie has over the last couple of years released unheard live recordings from his estate, with plans for more in the future. .......
40: Films/DVD Asylum, I Did Enjoy Bracken in 'Hail The Conquering Hero' (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-12-13, 16:08:58 (65.13.5.120)
Definitely one of those half-dozen that were Sturges at his peak. .......
41: Films/DVD Asylum, Danes Is To Die For...Definitely (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-12-07, 03:57:02 (65.13.5.120)
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42: Vinyl Asylum, When all is said and done, George is still... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-11-17, 18:42:13 (65.13.5.120)
...a hellacious guitarist! I do have Hubert doing yeoman work on a McCoy Tyner recording "Fly With The Wind". Ground Zero for me back in the 70's was and . .......
43: Vinyl Asylum, RE: It's a great starting point for most caucasian males, who haven't had prior exposure to Bop era jazz. nt (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-11-17, 14:23:51 (65.13.5.120)
I was seduced into my love of jazz by first hearing recordings of the icons of 'adult contemporary' (at least that's what they called it then) when I was in college: Grover Washington, Bob James, Geor .......
44: Vinyl Asylum, Concord created Maybeck Hall Series too (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-10-28, 14:31:43 (65.13.5.120)
...those alone should make Carl Jefferson a candidate for sainthood. .......
45: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Agree with all but Frederick Forrest (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-10-16, 17:13:47 (65.13.5.120)
I debated whether to add Ricky Schroder but I don't know anything of note he's done as a mature actor. He was exceptionally good as a kid playing his age in LD. As far as Forrest, I may have been mome .......
46: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Lonesome Dove (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-10-11, 09:00:28 (65.13.5.120)
In the pantheon of great made-for-TV westerns it still stands tall in my book. What an incredible concentration of acting talent on the tube: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Angelica Huston, Frederick .......
47: Vinyl Asylum, 'For Your Love' - The Yardbirds (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-09-27, 07:53:22 (65.13.5.120)
nt .......
48: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Trying to attract someone other... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-08-18, 08:47:09 (65.13.5.120)
Possibly, but people (including Gen-X/Y/Z'ers) listen to the Stones because they're The Stones, the Beatles because they're The Beatles, etc. Cramming classic rockers together with slut-chic pop singe .......
49: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Shine a Light -3 Stars out of 5 (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-08-17, 14:39:29 (65.13.5.120)
Subtract another star from the rating for the decision to include Christine Aguilera as special guest. CHRISTINE AGUILERA with the STONES???!!! .......
50: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Anybody that reach that age without pissing and shitting in their pajamas (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-06-04, 15:32:38 (65.13.5.120)
Good God, Ferrer looks just like Charles Bukowski. .......
51: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Hitchcock's Notorious, the most fun you can have out of the bedroom (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-05-14, 13:11:40 (65.13.5.120)
Global warming = bad science + politics .......
52: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Vinyl purchases on the web (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-05-07, 14:47:30 (65.13.5.120)
Some acquaintances (retired from the rat race for many years now) run this site: http://jazzmanrecords.com/index.html .......
53: Vinyl Asylum, RE: record store day reminder (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-04-19, 07:28:02 (65.13.5.120)
It's gotten a lot of advertising where I live. Plus, the cd/vinyl store I'll be patronizing will have free beer and live music! .......
54: Vinyl Asylum, RE: ION USB Turntable (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2008-02-13, 17:02:00 (65.13.5.120)
I got the ION ITTUSB as a gift last year, have used it to transfer stacks of out-of-print, obscure vinyl to harddrive and thence to cd-r. It's very no-frills (no dust cover) but it does have an input .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, Plus a young, unknown Pierce Brosnan.... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-11-19, 10:46:39 (68.211.165.102)
....in a cameo as an IRA hitman. .......
56: Films/DVD Asylum, I don't waste much time on the Bushbots anymore... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-09-06, 15:10:34 (68.211.249.129)
...and I'm a Republican. I noted a long time ago that none of the neocons bellowing the loudest for more war and killing in the ME are rushing to the nearest recruiting center to volunteer for active .......
57: Films/DVD Asylum, Every quote has a link to the facts and proof... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-09-04, 15:37:59 (72.145.253.214)
...of course, people like you are not after facts or proof anyway. .......
58: Films/DVD Asylum, On 9-11, why didn't the Secret Service... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-09-03, 14:42:48 (68.219.100.126)
...immediately remove Bush from Booker Elementary? 3 days before, Bush had announced to the the world in a Rose Garden press conference where he was going to be the morning of 9-11. When chief of staf .......
59: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: SHANE (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-07-25, 18:12:21 (68.158.188.202)
Alan Ladd as Shane made the first big impression on me as a kid in the hero sweepstakes. He was my first big icon in the eternal conflict of Good Guys vs. Bad Guys. That was Brandon De Wilde as Joey t .......
60: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Beyond The Sea (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-07-23, 14:38:16 (68.219.85.125)
I enjoyed it immensely. Thought it was unfairly overlooked by the Oscars (what else is new?). It seems the powers-that-be decided there would only be one singer biopic that got any attention that year .......
61: Films/DVD Asylum, Check Out "The Birds" by Camille Paglia (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-07-15, 19:19:23 (208.61.111.93)
Fascinating interpretation of the movie published by the British Film Institute. Just 120+ pages long, but engrossing if you like Paglia's archeo-psycho-historico-sexual approach to things. ::: TOPIC .......
62: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Mel Blanc is one of the greatest entertainers ever... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-07-15, 19:09:26 (208.61.111.93)
Fun fact: Blanc had a cameo role as a dentist in Wilder's "Kiss Me Stupid". He sounded just like Yosemite Sam. .......
63: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Best On Line Data Base for Vinyl – Collectorz (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-06-21, 15:49:21 (68.211.166.238)
I tried a free download for music and dvd collection, but found it too aggravating. Tried Catraxx for free, fell in love with it and bought it, have everything on it with no regrets. VERY user-friendl .......
64: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Shopgirl- an undiscovered little gem.. Amen! (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-06-07, 16:42:02 (67.34.249.99)
I was knocked out as well by this film. Have been a Clare Danes fan ever since discovering her in 'Brokedown Palace'. She rose to new heights in 'shopgirl' and has talent to burn. I think it was unjus .......
65: Films/DVD Asylum, It should get Leni Riefenstahl award for propaganda (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-05-06, 14:16:32 (68.211.177.214)
Universal studios set up an online forum for people to discuss the film, but posters were punching so many holes in the already gaping official version of what happened to United 93 that the studio sh .......
66: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: The most beautiful woman in Hollywood is returning to the screen... (0.00)
Posted by Jon E. Busey on 2006-05-06, 13:54:58 (68.211.177.214)
I loved her in Scarface. She more than held her own against Pacino's legendary scene-chewing. My, there are some bitchy queens on this board. .......
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